Seven Moose Jaw students will be in Regina this week attempting to win awards for their history projects as part of Heritage Saskatchewan’s annual provincial Heritage Fair.
The event takes place on Wednesday, June 14, at Government House at 4607 Dewdney Avenue in the Henry Newlands Ballroom between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. The awards ceremony will occur immediately after the viewing.
This is the second in-person Heritage Fair the organization has held since the COVID-19 pandemic began and is the 10th year for the program.
The fair will feature 45 projects from across Saskatchewan.
Moose Jaw’s Heritage Fair took place May 3 at the Western Development Museum. There were 12 projects that were named finalists for the provincial fair — seven were from Moose Jaw — with two projects tying for runner-up.
Grade 5 Moose Jaw student Camryn Michener received the top score for her project The History of Dogsledding in Canada.
Tying for second were Grade 8 Kyle student Olivia Dyrland and Grade 8 Moose Jaw student Abby Hogeboom for their projects, respectively, of The Growth of Matador and Elsie MacGill: The Sky's the Limit.
In third was Grade 6 student Kenzie Crocker for Jordan's Principle; in fourth was Grade 8 student Kallie New for Taking Action: Angelina Napolitano's Story; in eighth was Grade 7 student Cassandra Rogers for Viola Desmond; in ninth was Grade 6 student Brynn Topp for The Discovery of Insulin; and in 11th was Grade 5 student Emmerson Forbes for My Great-Great-Grandfather in WW2.
Individual awards were also handed out, including:
- The arts and leisure award went to Michener
- The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame sport heritage award went to Hayden Nidesh in Grade 8 for Canadian Men's Olympic Hockey
- The citizen and governance award went to Hogeboom
- The society and justice award went to New
- The indigenous heritage award went to Campbell Krosse in Grade 4 for Tom Longboat
- The truth and reconciliation award went to Crocker
- The genealogy award went to Forbes
- The multicultural heritage award went to Erica de Matos Bentos in Grade 6 for Brazilians in Canada
- The science and technology award went to Belle Clayson in Grade 5 for Frederick Banting: The Inventor of Insulin
- The archives award went to Anabia Yousuf in Grade 5 for Vimy Ridge
- The historical thinking award went to Bodie Bolt in Grade 5 for Dieppe Raid
- The digital media award went to Topp
- The innovation award went to Beckett McSween in Grade 5 for Canadian Money
- A local award for a project about the history of a person went to Rogers
- A local award for a diversity project went to Easlynn Topp for Camp Easter Seal
- A local award for history in the making went to Scarlett Zoerb in Grade 7 for Graeme Fish
- A local award for a historical event went to Muaz Yousuf in Grade 4 for D-Day
- A local award for the Catherine Lettkeman Award went to Ciarra Schollar in Grade 7 for Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village & Museum
During the provincial Heritage Fair in 2022, Crocker placed fifth and won the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Award for her project about Mary Two-Axe Earley, an Aboriginal woman who fought for equality.
